Young Football Player

On September 15th, the third round of the Bundesliga, Schalke 04 came to Bavaria in southern Germany, but it was not to challenge the southern king Bayern, but to challenge the Bavarian town of Clover Fürth.

Felt's team logo is a very obvious shamrock pattern, so the nickname shamrock.

Fürth was promoted to the Bundesliga last season as the champion of the Bundesliga Bundesliga. This is the first time in the history of their team to play in the Bundesliga. It is a very young and newly promoted polo team.

In the first round of the Bundesliga in team history, they lost 0:3 at home to Bayern, but in the second round they defeated Mainz 1:0 away.

Although the Champions League will hit in the middle of the week, Stevens did not dare to be careless in the league, and still sent the strongest lineup to play.

At the Thomas Sommer Stadium in Fürth, Schalke 04 did not get off to a smooth start.

Because Felt is very determined, they are completely blocking the goal, and they don't think about offense at all.

Breaking dense defenses has been a major problem in football since ancient times. Although the predecessors have a lot of experience, until today, there are still weak teams relying on dense defenses to draw with strong teams or even defeat strong teams.

Throughout the first half, Schalke 04 bombarded the opponent's goal indiscriminately and completed 10 shots, while Fürth didn't hit the goal with any kick, and even rarely hit the frontcourt, but the scoreboard But it is 0:0.

During the intermission, Stevens made some adjustments, that is, let Lee Chenglong switch to the left midfielder position, and let Draxler go to the right midfielder.

At present, the team's attacking midfielder is still Holtby. He was the contributor to the team's third place in the league last season.

Holtby continued to occupy the midfielder, and Draxler could only go to the winger.

Li Chenglong can play on both sides, but it is more convenient for him to pass from the right to send assists.

However, Draxler himself is not good at the wing, and he is still a right-footed player, so he struggles to perform on the left.

"Bruce, if you go to the left, look for opportunities to cut in and shoot more, Lewis (Holtby), remember to pass the ball to Bruce more." Stevens arranged in this way.

During the national team match day, Stevens talked to Holtby alone. I don't know what they talked about, but it seemed to have some effect.

Because Holtby started to lose his fever recently, he is no longer so independent, and knows to pass the ball to Lee Jackie and Huntelaar.

But the only thing he hasn't changed is that he continues not to pass the ball to Draxler.

Hub Stevens wanted to switch positions to see if it would work.

For example, Li Chenglong cuts in from the left to find opportunities, or Draxler can be activated when he goes to the right.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Fürth continued their blocking defense. They were determined to block the goal and get a point.

But their wish soon came true.

In the 58th minute, Huntelaar withdrew from the penalty area to receive the ball, but he still couldn't find a good chance to get the ball, so he distributed the ball to Li Chenglong on the left.

Li Chenglong took the ball and flicked the outside of his right foot, directly avoiding the opponent's defender Nerich, and then immediately swung his leg and kicked a long shot from the front of the penalty area to the left.

The ball went over the head of the opponent's central defender Kleiner,

Fly directly to the upper left corner of the goal.

Felt goalkeeper Marcos Green was a step slower in reacting, and by the time he pounced, the ball had already hit the net behind him.

"Goooooooal~~~~~~" the German commentator shouted loudly.

"Bruce Lee, a very smooth inside long shot, Schalke finally broke through the opponent's defense line, relying on Bruce Lee's long shot."

"This goal is Lee's first goal in the Bundesliga and also his first goal since joining Schalke 04."

After playing three games, he finally scored a goal. Li Chenglong rushed to the sidelines to celebrate excitedly.

"Congratulations on the goal, Bruce." His teammates also rushed over to bless him.

After the celebration, Schalke 04's next game will be easier to play, because the team has opened up the situation.

In the 61st minute, Huntelaar's header hit the crossbar and went out of the bottom line.

In the 65th minute, Holtby's long-range shot in front of the penalty area was very tricky, but unfortunately the opponent's goalkeeper flew to save the ball out of the baseline.

But at the next corner kick opportunity, Matip hit the post with a header.

Almost everyone on the court can perform, except Draxler.

So Stevens also quickly made a substitution, and Barnett came on to replace Draxler.

Barnett is a former Swiss genius. In the 2006 World Cup, he almost won the World Cup Rookie of the Year. However, he has not made much progress in recent years and has fallen far short of expectations.

It may be difficult for such a disused talented player to have a long-term outstanding performance, but it is still possible to shine once in a while.

The Barnetta of this game is that after he came off the bench, he quickly completed an inverted triangle return pass after passing two people in a row. Holtby scored a shot from the middle to help Schalke 04 seal the victory.

In this way, Schalke 04 won the newly promoted Fürth 2:0 in the away game, and achieved two consecutive victories in the league.

So far this season's Bundesliga has gone through three rounds. In the standings, Bayern undoubtedly occupies the top spot with three consecutive victories, but the second-placed team is a bit cold. It is Frankfurt. They also have three consecutive victories. But the goal difference is not as good as Bayern.

You must know that Frankfurt is the newly promoted Bundesliga this season. Last season, they didn't even compete against Fürth in the Bundesliga B. They were promoted as runners-up in Bundesliga Bundesliga.

After Bayern and Frankfurt, there are Schalke 04, Borussia Dortmund, Hannover 96 and Nuremberg. These four teams have 2 wins, 1 draw and 7 points.

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After winning Fürth, Schalke 04 immediately returned to Gelsenkirchen to prepare for the upcoming Champions League match in the middle of the week.

On September 18th, the entire Schalke 04 team came to Piraeus, a seaport city near Athens, the capital of Greece, where they will challenge Olympiacos, the top team in the Greek League.

Although Olympiacos is the most successful team in Greece, they played basketball well in European competitions, but they have not been able to play football.

Their best result in the Champions League is the quarter-finals, far inferior to their domestic rival Panathinaikos.

Panathinaikos has reached the semi-finals twice in the Champions League and the final once, but both lost to Ajax, once when Ajax won three consecutive championships, and once when Ajax In the 1990s when the Young Guards.

Olympiacos is not good at the European war, and it still maintains an embarrassing record of 31 consecutive away games in the Champions League. This is good news for Schalke 04.

After all, soft persimmons are more comfortable to pinch.

Moreover, Huber Stevens also gave an order early on. If he wants to qualify from the group stage, he must take all three points from the weakest Olympiacos.

Therefore, this away game Schalke 04 must be won.

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